Editing Nicholas Kristof (section)

==Books==
{{external media|float = right|video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?60408-1/china-wakes ''Booknotes'' interview with Kristof and WuDunn on ''China Wakes'', October 16, 1994], [[C-SPAN]]|video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?289317-1/half-sky TimesTalks interview with Kristof and WuDunn on ''Half the Sky'', September 15, 2009], [[C-SPAN]]|video3 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?321742-1/path-appears Presentation by Kristof on ''A Path Appears'', September 26, 2014], [[C-SPAN]], |video4 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?468517-1/after-words-nicholas-kristof-sheryl-wudunn ''After Words'' interview with Kristof and WuDunn on ''Tightrope'', February 12, 2020], [[C-SPAN]]}}
Kristof has co-authored all his books with his wife WuDunn, include ''[[China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power]]'' (1994), ''[[Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia]]'' (1999), ''[[Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide]]'' (Knopf, September 2009), ''A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity'' (2014) and ''Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope'' (Knopf, January 2020). A feature documentary for ''Tightrope'' was released in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.docnyc.net/film/tightrope-americans-reaching-for-hope |title=DOC NYC 2019 listing for ''Tightrope'' |access-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224014920/https://www.docnyc.net/film/tightrope-americans-reaching-for-hope/ |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> These were all bestsellers.

Kristof explained to Jane Wales of the World Affairs Council of Northern California that the idea for their book ''Half the Sky'' was sparked by the 1989 [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests]]. After covering the protests, which resulted in some 500 deaths, Kristof and WuDunn were shocked to learn that roughly 39,000 Chinese girls died each year because they were not given the same access to food and medical care as boys. WuDunn and Kristof did not find coverage of these deaths, although they were far more numerous than the casualties at Tiananmen Square. They decided to dig deeper into questions of gender, Kristof said.<ref>[http://imow.org/economica/resources/podcasts/item?id=253 Wales interviews Kristof] at an [[International Museum of Women]] event, October 14, 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527052050/http://www.imow.org/economica/resources/podcasts/item?id=253 |date=May 27, 2010 }}.</ref> ''Half the Sky'' covers topics such as [[sex trafficking]] and forced [[prostitution]], contemporary [[slavery]], gender-based violence, and [[rape]] as a weapon of war and method of justice, as it highlights the multitude of ways women are oppressed and violated in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hari |first=Johann |date=2009-09-13 |title=Where Have All the Women Gone? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2009/09/nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn-s-half-the-sky.html |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>

''Half the Sky'' reached No. 1 on the best-seller lists. [[Carolyn See]], an author and book critic of ''The Washington Post'', said in her review: 
<blockquote>"''Half the Sky'' is a call to arms, a call for help, a call for contributions, but also a call for volunteers. It asks us to open our eyes to this enormous humanitarian issue. It does so with exquisitely crafted prose and sensationally interesting material. ... I really do think this is one of the most important books I have ever reviewed."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004106.html Carolyn See review of ''Half the Sky''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329230903/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004106.html |date=March 29, 2017 }}.</ref></blockquote>

In [[Cleveland]], a reviewer for ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' said: "As [[Rachel Carson]]'s "[[Silent Spring]]" once catalyzed us to save our birds and be better stewards of our earth, 'Half the Sky' stands to become a classic, spurring us to spare impoverished women these terrors, and elevate them to turn around the future of their nations."<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/bookreviews/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1252658040107360.xml&coll=2 Plain Dealer review of ''Half the Sky''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173408/http://www.cleveland.com/bookreviews/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment-1%2F1252658040107360.xml&coll=2 |date=March 3, 2016 }}.</ref> ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' review predicted that ''Half the Sky'' may "ignite a grass-roots revolution like the one that eliminated slavery".<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009834319_br13sky.html Seattle Times review of ''Half the Sky'', September 13, 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916074550/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2009834319_br13sky.html |date=September 16, 2009 }}.</ref> The book was adapted into a documentary in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2012 |title=Half the Sky {{!}} Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/half-the-sky/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=PBS |language=en-US}}</ref>